1878. 



GLEAXIXGS ES' BEE CULTURE. 



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New Giant Mignonnette, we can furnish at 80c per 

 oz. : Grandiflora. at 25c per oz. All the a<lviee I can 

 give in regard to these more expensive kinds, is to 

 trj' them. 



Motherwort.— This is a near relative of the cat- 

 nip, and is probably equally valuable as a honey 

 plant. Prices of the' seed, same as for catnip. . • 



Mustard.— We sent all the way to France for 

 Chinese mustard seed. but. after we got it and had 

 it in bloom, the bees did not care half as much 

 about it. as for our common wild mustard. We can 

 furnish the Chinese for 2.tc per oe., or .?1.75 per lb.: 

 the common, for 10c per oz.. and 40c per lb. Add 18c 

 per lb., if to be sent bv mail. 



K-iPE.- Rape pars well to raise for seed alone, be- 

 cause it is used for making- oil: we have also had 

 raanv reports of its g^reat value as a honey plant. 

 The great trouble with it, in our locality, is the 

 black flea. The first leaves of the plant are eaten 

 off almost the moment it appears atove ground, 

 and sometimes a whole acre will furnish sc-areely a 

 blossom. It is said that, if sown between the 20th of 

 June and the first of July, it will generally escape 

 this pest, as it usually comes earlier in the spring. 

 About 3 lbs. of seed are needed fur an acre, and it is 

 sowed broad cast like turnips. It frequently blos- 

 soms withiQ i weeks after being sown. It keeps in 

 bloom nearly 4 weeks, and gives great quantities of 

 beautiful honey, when all things are favorable. The 

 price is 15c per lb. If wanted by mail, Ifk;- extra. 



Sunflowers. — Of course, I am going to have an 

 acre of sunflowers, and as I want to have every 

 thing on a large scale, I think I will have the mam- 

 moth Russian. They are— well, the first time I ever 

 saw one of the seeds, t had a good laugh, just to 

 think of old Dame Nature's getting up sunflower 

 seeds so preposterously large. While I think of it, 

 us I would like to have you all laugh too. I will send 

 you a few seeds for nothing, if .vou will just say. on 

 a postal card, you would like them. If you want 

 more, the price will be -tOc per lb. Add ISc, if to be 

 sent by mail. 



Turnip.- Last, but not least, is the Seven Top 

 Turnip I have before spoken of. I shall get quite a 

 nice lot of seed from my "turnip patch", and friend 

 Kaye will probably help me to furnish all that maj- 

 be wante^l. I think we shall charge 10c per oz., or 

 $1.00 per lb., unless some of you can furnish it a 

 great deal less, and I hope you can, for I do like to 

 see nice things cheap. If you want the turnip seed 

 by mail, we shall want about ISc per lb. extra. 



Any of the above seeds will be sent in .5c packages, 

 to those who would like just a few to try. 



SMOEHSS. 



Bingham makes a very nice smoker indeed, and 

 L. C. Root makes a very nice (Quinbyi smoker in- 

 deed: there are points in each one of them that I 

 particularly admire. While the former has, perhaps, 

 a little the "best blast, the latter is much the sim- 

 plest and strongest, for the attachments of the tire 

 pot to the bellows are made of maleable iron. But, 

 "which is the best r" keeps coming fmm all quar- 

 ters. Candidly, I do not know. 1 do not know 

 which is the best bee hive, or which is the best bee 

 journal, or bee book, and I do not know how I 

 should know which is the best smoker. I have re- 

 peatedly told you which smoker / like best, but it 

 does not follow, by any means, that everybody else 

 \s-ill think as I do, and were I to declare broadly that 

 my things are better than any body's else. I am 

 really afn\id I should not sleep well nights. If you 

 do not like my smoker or anything else I sell, you 

 may send it back, and 1 will allow^ you all you paid 

 for it, and you can try some other, but you must be 

 your own judge, as to which will suit you best. 



Bingham's small smoker is .*].W,"or;if; sent bv 

 mail, §1.25: the standard size is .*1..50, or if sent bV 

 lu.nil, §1,60; the extra 4arge size, is -51.75, or by mail, 

 §2.00. The Quinby smokers are §1j25, and §1.*5: if 

 sent by mail. 10c extra. 



Now. I shall make more money selling you those | 

 above than our own Simplicity smoker, at 75c: so 

 you see I can afford to be unprejudiced. I wish vou I 

 to h;tve whatever will please )i>ni most, and Jdo Vou 

 most good, and I am trying not to be selfish or stub- 

 born and headstrong. More than KXiO of our own 

 are nowin use, and only one has ever been returned. 



SPRING BAI.ANCI:, 

 Is shown at Xo. 15. on the Cdver. a nice article fS 00 



These scales are made we-Tther proof, and when arranged ■ 

 to suspend a moderate sized colony, may be left out all 

 summer. As the figures on the dial are lanre and plain, 

 we can sei at a distance the avenii.-e jield bf honer per ' 



stock, each diy or ho-ir eren. Wh«-n wei^hins sti-cks for 

 winte'-. they Khf.rtfn 'he wf'k \ f-ry rratf-i-ii'.r. 



STEAM ENGINES FOB, HIVE-MAKING. 



2 Horse Power Engine and Boiler, $l.'iO 00 



3 to 4 Horse ., 2.50 W 



These Engines are tested at 300 lbs, pressure, the dif- 

 ferent parts are made interchangeable, the work and 

 material is guaranteed tir-l claes, and It Is claimidthat 

 it is iiractic,<il!y imposjible to explode the boi.er. 



They are mounte<lon wheels, rendering ii convenient 

 for moving, and are complete in all part>, except the 

 smnke stack, which should be a H or S inch stove i>ip%. 



I hu\ e taken pains to look this matter up in repaid 

 to these f^mall engines, and those we offer are I think, 

 luUy equal to anything made for anything like the 

 price. They are lurnishcd at ihe above prici-s, at ibe 

 factory in Corning, X. Y. Although engines o! 1 Lor>e 

 power are offered tor sale, we thibk It wi.i be much 

 better to purchase one of not less than two h.-n-tj 

 power as above- The one hon-e i ower Eiiciiies arv: no 

 cheaper, 



WAX EXTHACTOR. 



Price 53.50. This machine is very sir.ple, i.i w.- bs\e 

 only to throw our refuse comb into the basket B. smi s«-i 

 it inside the can A. Now put on the cover, and j.l;-!^ it 

 over a pan or kettle of boiling water: the steam will as- 

 cend all around B, and the melted war will n:n dotrii 

 and flow out of the tul>e O. Under the end of this tul^, 

 is kept a pan to catch the was. As fast as the comb sinks 

 down, more can he put in. and so on. The lUHchine re- 

 quires no atfpiitioii, except to fill the basket B. I; y«.u 

 have no kettle that is 12 inches across the top inside. \r« 

 can furnish a copper bottomed steam generator fo. il.U). 



